Bean-cutter



' (Model) A. PLOHR. Bean Cutter. No.- 239,235.

Patented March 22,1881.

//M///A B WrIH WTNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREVV FLOHR, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

BEAN-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 239,235, dated March 22,1881.

` Application filed October 16,1880. (ModeL) To all whom tt may concernBe it known that I, ANDREW FLOHR, of Sacranento, in the countyofSacranento and Sta-te of California, have inventecl a new and valuableImprovement in Bean-Cntters; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the Construction andoperation of the sane, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this speoification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section.

This invention relates to devices for cutting beans and it consists inthe construction hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a frane having cheek pieces B B,hopper U, lower opening, D, and clanps E F. Held within the frame andbetween the cheek-pieces are two rollers, Gr H. Roller G consists of ashaft, g, having collar n, screw-stern p, and nut r, between said collarand nut being clanpecl the outting-disks b, and intervenin g collars, a.Uponone end of shaftgis the handleI. Roller H is hung on a line with therotary cutter G, and has in its periplery grooves g', opposite to andadaptecl to receive the cutting-edges of cutters or disks b. Roller Hispreferably made partially hollow, and is hun g on shaft h, whose cndspass through slots ein cheek-pieces B B, and are jourualed in plates KK, which are adjustable along said slots e by means of pins k and slotsk', by which construction the devce can be regulated to cut differentsizes.

Fastened to one side of opening D is a clearer,

L, between whose teeth Z the cutters b pass, and are thereby cleared andkept from being fouled.

In this device the cutting-roller Gr forms the knife, and roller H thecutting-block, between which the beans fed in at the hopper are readilyclopped or cut. As the rotary cutter revolves, the edges of its disksbear into grooves in the cutting-block, and by friction cause thecutting-block to revolve in an opposite direction, whereby the cut beansare carried down between the disks and fall through opening D.

I an aware of Patent No. l06,520, which shows a cutter similar to mine.

My (levice is made adjustable, as shown and described, so that it can beusecl for beans of various sizes, and also for avariety of Vegetables,it only being necessary to change the relation of the cutter and theblock.

What I claim is-- i\ Bollers C and H, arranged in line, in combinationwith frarne A, having slots e in its cheek-pieces B B, plates K, havingslots k', journals h, passing through slots e and having bearings inplates K, and pins r, passing through slots Ic' and enteringcheek-pieces B B, whereby the platcs K can be moved along saidcheek-piecesand-the position of the rollers with relation to each otherbe changed.

In testinoy that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW FLOHR.

Witnesses:

PETER'L. HICKMAN, JOHN W. Tom).

